Surname Jost in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Jost families are Croats (from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Orahovica area and in Osijek.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Jost live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Antunovac in Osijek area (<10), Vukovar (<5), Pleternica (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Vrpolje in Djakovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jost (including: Yost , Iost , Joost , Johst , Joszt , Josst , Joshthe , Josth and Josdth ) is present in 87 countries worldwide. The family name "Jost " is used by some 40000 people in Germany , about 10000 in the United States , and some 7000 people in France. "Yost " is used by some 20000 people in the United States , about 400 in Argentina , and some 400 people in Japan. "Josdth " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milena Jost, Tamara Jost, August Jost, Drago Jost, Martin Jost, Marija Jost, Rudika Jost, Bojan Jost, Kata Jost, Ivan Jost, Jela Jost, Ankica Jost, Dijana Jost, Zdenka Jost, Lea Jost, Luca Jost, Mijo Jost, Ana Jost, Katarina Jost

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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